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i posted this in the snakes general forum too but i felt that this link belonged here as well

it makes me mad how the press makes people look like heroes for being idiots
Snake Story

First of all,burmese pythons don't come from Africa. Duh, y'know BURMESE python.
A 15 foot burmese cannot eat a "200 pound pig".
I guess I could go on but screw it. There's not point I can make that isn't already understood by the educated folks here.
I should apologize though.
I shouldn't have referred to these people as monkeys.
Monkeys don't go around killing things for no apparent reason.
All the best,
Perry

It is amazing that this article glamorizes what these little punks did. If this had been someones pet dog or cat that they had shot they would be in front of a judge facing cruelty to animals charges.....To bad that they killed someones pet......

the fact that these rednecks had a gun in a public camp site is what really boils me. two teenage rednecks with a gun is much more dangerous to people and the ecosystem than a python!
also, why did they have a gun? what were they hunting at night by a strip pit? "we heard splashing and thought it might be beavers....." were they hunting beavers? cause i dont think thats legal in kansas

heroes my @$$!

Not really much of an enthusiast if he thinks of burms as unfriendly.

- Scott